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Would You Pay $1,299 for a Touchscreen Chromebook?

Posted 02/22/2013 at 1:01pm | by Paul Lilly

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Google's Chromebook Pixel sports a touchscreen display with a 2560x1700 resolution.

It's not entirely clear what Google is thinking by launching a $1,299 Chromebook. Oh, haven't you heard? Google on Thursday unveiled the Chromebook Pixel, essentially a high-octane Chromebook with a 13.3-inch touchscreen display and 2560x1700 resolution. Google says it's the highest resolution of any notebook in its class, but that luxury doesn't come cheap, as it's also the highest priced Chromebook to date.

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Dell Upgrades XPS Developer Edition Ubuntu Laptop with 1080p Display

Posted 02/21/2013 at 12:47pm | by Paul Lilly

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A Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition laptop with a Full HD 1080p display starts at $1,550.

Dell this week announced that its XPS Developer Edition laptop is now equipped with a Full HD 1080p (1920x1080) resolution display, upgraded from 1366x768. The upgraded panel is shipping to customers in the United States and now runs $1,550. Starting next week, Dell will begin offering the upgrade model to select countries in Europe, like the U.K., France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.

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Steve Ballmer is "Super-Glad" Microsoft Built Surface, Thinks Windows 8 Adoption is "Perfect"

Posted 02/21/2013 at 11:14am | by Paul Lilly

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Steve Ballmer sat for a spell with MIT Technology Review to discuss the Windows 8 ecosystem.

It's no easy task to gauge the impact Windows 8 is having on the industry, in part because the industry is changing. The traditional desktop is taking a backseat in popularity to mobile form factors, like notebooks, tablets, and hybrids. Windows 8, as you know, is an attempt to bring all these devices together, along with smartphones, under a unified user interface. Is Microsoft happy with its strategy up to this point?

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Nvidia Unveils Its First Integrated Tegra LTE Chip

Posted 02/19/2013 at 11:24am | by Paul Lilly

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The Tegra 4i processor, previously codenamed Project Grey, features 60 custom Nvidia GPU cores.

Nvidia's firing on all cylinders today. The GPU maker made waves early this morning by formally introducing the world to its GeForce GTX Titan graphics card, which is supposed to offer comparable performance to the dual-GPU GeForce GTX 690 part for the same price, and now Nvidia is announcing its first fully integrated 4G LTE mobile processor, the Tegra 4i (codenamed Project Grey).

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Opera Software Scoops Up Mobile Browser Rival Skyfire Labs

Posted 02/15/2013 at 8:54am | by Paul Lilly

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Performance based earn-out payments over the next three years could make this deal worth $155 million.

Opera Software today announced that it has acquired Skyfire Labs, a rival in the mobile browser space, in a deal that could be worth as much $155 million when all the checks are written. The Norwegian browser maker agreed to pay $50 million in cash and stocks upfront (including $8 million in cash on the Skyfire balance sheet), and will also make performance based earn-out payments over the next three years that could ultimately value the deal at $155 million.

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CyberPower PC's FangBook X7 Strikes Mobile Gaming Starting at $1,299

Posted 02/11/2013 at 9:49am | by Paul Lilly

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The FangBook X7 won't leave a lethal bite in your wallet (unless you want it to).

Gaming notebooks are infinitely more affordable than they were even just five years ago, and if you don't believe it, just have a look at CyberPowerPC's new FangBook X7 Series. These 17.3-inch (1920x1080) gaming laptops start at $1,299 and pack at least an Intel Core i7 3630QM quad-core CPU (you can configure a FangBook X7 with up to an Intel Core i7 3940XM Extreme Edition processor) and 8GB of DDR3-1333 RAM.

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Survey Suggest Huge Pent Up Demand for Windows 8 Tablets

Posted 02/08/2013 at 1:51pm | by Paul Lilly

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As many as 200 million IT workers may be holding out for the right Windows 8 tablet, Forrester says.

A war is brewing between Apple and Microsoft in the tablet space, but if you've read the initial reviews of Surface Pro, you might think it's a one-sided fight. Most reviewers agree that Surface Pro is too expensive, suffers from a short battery life, and is a niche product. However, there may be hundreds of millions of IT workers who are interested in what Surface Pro brings to the tablet.

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Gigabyte Launches Extreme Ultrabook U2442 with Discrete Graphics

Posted 02/08/2013 at 10:15am | by Paul Lilly

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Hey, look who decided to join the Ultrabook party!

Gigabyte this week announced the release of its U2442, an "extreme Ultrabook" for gamers with Nvidia GeForce GT 650M or 730M graphics. On paper, there's quite a bit of power packed into a machine that measures 339mm (W) by 233mm (D) by 18.5-21mm (H) and weighs 1.69kg (3.7 pounds) or less, depending on whether it's configured with a solid state drive (SSD) or mSATA SSD and hard disk drive (HDD) combo.

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Don't Bank on Microsoft Launching a 7-inch Surface RT Model This Spring

Posted 02/07/2013 at 12:51pm | by Paul Lilly

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Surface RT's future is anything but clear.

Microsoft's Surface Pro tablet debuted to heavy criticism in the media, primarily over poor battery life and the high cost of ownership. Another factor that could ultimately affect sales is consumer confusion over what type of device the Surface Pro is, and that's something we suspect Microsoft will work on in the coming months. One thing Microsoft won't be pursuing, however, is another iteration of Surface RT, not in the short term, anyway.

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Wikipad 7-inch Android Tablet for Gamers Launches in Spring for $249

Posted 02/07/2013 at 11:11am | by Paul Lilly

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Inside and out, the Wikipad is primed for gaming.

It's safe to say that Steve Jobs was wrong about the 7-inch tablet category, which even Apple competes in these days (iPad mini). As times goes on, you can expect to see even more smaller size tablets enter the market place, including the 7-inch Wikipad, which is scheduled to launch in the Spring of 2013. The Wikipad is built on top of an Nvidia Tegra 3 SoC foundation and is essentially a smaller (and less expensive) version of its 10-inch sibling, though it's geared for gaming.

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